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The Senate returns for a lame-duck session more active than most. Momentum is building to pass a Homeland Security bill, and Republicans are preparing to retake control of the upper chamber in January. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports.

Questions arise over whether a new federal accounting oversight committee will be able to do its job after the resignation yesterday of its chairman, William Webster. The board's first scheduled meeting is today. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Republican Rep. Landon Brown about his desire to resettle Afghan refugees in the Cowboy State despite hesitancy from his constituents.

The Communist Party chooses 59-year-old Hu Jintao as its new general secretary, in effect taking the helm of the world's most populous nation. Hu is not expected to stray far from the path of outgoing President Jiang Zemin, who has pushed economic but not political reform. More from NPR's Rob Gifford.

The frontier is long gone, but the American West clings to some of its roots. Morning Edition presents a series of profiles of people who are inspired by the region's landscape, resources and culture. The series concludes with Montana writers Judy Blunt and Rick Bass. NPR Online offers excerpts of their works.

Sixteen members of Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries are U.S. citizens, including 5 children. The 400 Mawazo gang that took the group specializes in mass kidnappings and seeks a $17 million ransom.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on the opening of the basement of Ernest Hemingway's ranch outside of Havana, Cuba, where researchers are for the first time able to pore over thousands of the author's letters, photographs and drafts. The artifacts have been left undisturbed in the basement since Hemingway left Cuba in 1960.

The U.S. and allies Japan, South Korea and the European Union will suspend fuel shipments to North Korea next month. The suspension is a protest of North Korea's nuclear weapons program. More from NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

Argentina suffers a setback in its ongoing struggle to get out of debt. President Eduardo Duhalde says the nation can pay $79 million in interest on its World Bank loan, but won't be able to make the $805 million loan payment. Scott Goldberg reports from Buenos Aires.

Charles "Chuck" F. Sams III could soon become the first Native American to head the National Park Service in the agency's history. A series of acting directors have led the department since 2017.